North Korea appears to have fired a ballistic missile from a submarine off its eastern coast, South Korea says. It is not clear whether the test was authentic, and if it was, whether it will be considered a success by the North. A successful test would be significant because submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) are hard to detect. It comes as North Korea gears up for a rare and significant party congress next month ... ....
Foreign leaders visiting KingSalman of Saudi Arabia have noticed that there is a large flower display just in front of the 80-year-old monarch ... Of course, King Salman is not the only world leader past or present whose inability to cope has been artfully concealed by aides and courtiers ... ....
(CNN)Eight family members found dead in a rural southern Ohio community were shot in the head "execution style," most while they slept, authorities said Friday. Officers are searching for the killer or killers, who are probably armed and a danger to surviving family members, Pike CountySheriffCharlesReader said ... "I've given the family precautionary measures to make. They know we're available." ... Read More ... 'Doesn't happen every day' ... ......
Brazilian PresidentDilma Rousseff on Friday said she would appeal to South American trade blocs if she is removed from office, blasting the push to impeach her as a coup and a naked attempt by Brazil’s elite to snatch power back from her Worker’s Party... She told her opponents that her impeachment would have “serious consequences for the Brazilian political process.” ... “I can’t say today what is going to happen ... ....
Barnes, seeking a first PGA Tour win, also made bogey at the ninth along with seven birdies – including the par-four 12th where he sank a 29-foot putt ... Barnes’s late bogey kept Steele, leader after each of the first two rounds, firmly in touch even though the 2011 champion had to settle for a round of 72, dropping shots on the second and 12th holes before rescuing par with birdies on the 14th and 18th....
A few months ago, when Helen Jenkins was reminded by a friend that the Olympics were rapidly approaching, she dizzily replied. “Is it Rio this year? Oh yeah it is ... “I was shocked to win in Australia,” she tells the Observer... MeanwhileJenkins’ friend and British team-mate Jodie Stimpson ended up 12th ... Related ... In the Rio test event last August Jenkins got clipped around the head in the swim, became disoriented and did not finish ... ....
's double off the right centerfield wall helped set up Jackson Lueck 's walk-off single to left field as 10th-ranked Florida State (27-11, 12-4 ACC) earned a 7-6 victory over Notre Dame (23-14, 9-9) in the 12th inning on Saturday evening ... Reliever Chase Haney posted his fourth win after pitching a scoreless 12th inning where he allowed one hit and struck out one Notre Dame batter....
(Source. Lehigh University Athletics) CompleteResults (TFRRS) . Complete Results (PDF). PRINCETON, N.J ... Reilly powered the Mountain Hawks with a 12th place (14.35.64) finish out of 88 runners in the 5K, and Burke also turned in a strong race, setting a new PR with his 21st place showing (14.42.21) ... In the field events, junior leapt 6.66 meters in the long jump, finishing 12th overall after taking third place in Flight 1 ... 28 ... (noodl....
GOODYEAR, Ariz ... In his 11th spring training and his 12th year of professional baseball, Bruce has been through the complete cycle of building and rebuilding ... ....